Thinking It Through: An Introduction to Contemporary Philosophy
'Thinking it Through' manages to start at the very beginning of the process of philosophy without dumbing down. Each of the nine chapters (covering Mind, Knowledge, Science, Morality, Politics, Law, Metaphysics and a chapter on Philosophy as a subject) begin with the discussion of a premise on which the rest of the chapter is based. In the chapter on the Mind the discussion revolves around whether a computer could ever be considered to have a mind. This initial question is then slowly broken down into the major philosophical arguments. Each is dealt with in turn, in a clear rational manner that is easy to understand.
Reviewers were generally wowed by Bronson and Merryman's breezy synthesis of the latest parenting research. They often favorably contrasted NurtureShock with traditional parenting guides, which seem old-fashioned compared with the authors' cutting-edge approach. But at least one skeptic felt that NurtureShock was just more of the same; the New York Times Book Review noted that every generation has a "revolutionary" book of parental advice, and this one may only seem novel because of a new kind of packaging.
StoryTown's motivating anthologies include the perfect mix of nonfiction and narrative selections. Students develop robust vocabularies in StoryTown, based on carefully selected words for instruction. Student-friendly explanations and meaningful learning activities get students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words in school and all around town.
StoryTown's motivating anthologies include the perfect mix of nonfiction and narrative selections. Students develop robust vocabularies in StoryTown, based on carefully selected words for instruction. Student-friendly explanations and meaningful learning activities get students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words in school and all around town.
StoryTown's motivating anthologies include the perfect mix of nonfiction and narrative selections. Students develop robust vocabularies in StoryTown, based on carefully selected words for instruction. Student-friendly explanations and meaningful learning activities get students involved in thinking about, using, and noticing new words in school and all around town.
